Bag or net fastener



B. L.- HERRlCK.

BAG 0R NET FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAY z, I922.

1,430,806. Patented (Ia 12 3,1922.

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BAG 0ft NET FAETZENER.

Application filed m 22 To (a l to 7mm may concern Be it known that I, liner L. linemen, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Oakland, coi'inty oit' riilameda, and State of California, haveinventet a new and useful Bag or Net Fastener, 0'"? which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for fastening around the neck of a bag; to hold the same closed, and is intends more particularlyIfor laundry bag closures. i

In laundries, it is CLlSlTOlIlrlTylJO inclose certain chisses ol? individual. wash in separate bags made of fabric or i'ic'ttingand close the same for general handling, before, dur

ing and after the washing process or operation. l l hen ready t r the wash, a number of these bags are "thrown into a washing machine and subjected to the washing operation. The present closure devices for the bags and with which i am familiar, now and then open, during the tumbling we shing process, and cause ani'ioyancc, tonhle and confusion, resulting in loss ol time and involv ing more or less serious ditliculty in identi" tying the individual belongings, and which very frequently necessitates that the re maining; unidentified pieces must be taken to all the customers who are assigned the unfortunate bags, for individual identification and claim. I

The prime object of my invention is to overcome the above deficiencies by rendering the fastening secure against the accidental opening of the bag. v

A. furtler object is to render the securing means easy to open, when its opening is desired. And a still further object is to so construct the device that it will present smooth inner and outer surfaces, to eliminate all possible chances oi? the threads or cords of the bag or net from. catching on any edge or corner.

With the above and other objects in View, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, form and arrange ment of parts. The accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part of this specification illustrates an embodiment of my invention, and what I claim as new is particularly pointed out in the appended claims following the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bag fastener when open. Figure 2 is a plan of it as it appears when closed. Figure 8 is a Serial l lo. 552,672.

view of the device in the hand of an operator compressing the same, showing the position the link assumes when so compressed.

In the figures z-r piece of metal, preterably a flat strip of spring brass or copper as l, 15 bent back as at 2, to bring the two ends into proximity when closed.

The sides of the body of the device, are formed by preference, with flat curvatures as shown in Figure 2, to enhance its resiliency. @neot the ends as 3, is turned inward v and formed into an inturned hook 4, whose extremity is'chamtered to present a sharp edge 5, for a purpose to be presently described. The other endiof the body ,1 is

(formed into an eye 6, in=which ishinged a wire link t, adapted to. engage the hook 4L and so hold the two ends of the body toget-her. To prevent the accidental disengagement of link 7 from hook a I provide a tongue 8 erably secure it to the body 1 by soldering, as that insures asmooth surface. The said tongue has its free, end .overlapping 1 the hook tand is there recurvedas at 9, so'that when the twoside members of body 1 are pressed together as indicated in Figure 8, the link '4' will not become disengaged from the book 4, but will be directed away from the end of the hook by the said recurved end, also indicated in Figure 3, and will snap back into the hook when released. In order to disengage the link 7 from hook i to open the lock, the, body must be compressed as shown in Figure 8, and the operator must then with his other hand, push the link back and over the beveled ed e 5 thereb t: releasing the aws from engagement with each other.

The tongue 8 normally bears and rests of resilient material, andpref-A Thus the fastener in onl r be 0 iened bv the i positiye action of the operator.

ll preferably make the body member of my fastener carrying' the link, a little shortor in length than the other member, so that the axis oi" the, eye of the former member shall be positionedinward a little to that of the axis oi? the inturned hook, for a further precaution measure, so that the link, when the body is compressed will normally move away from the end of the hook.

In use, the mouth of a bag is gathered and the fastener slipped around its neck, and link 7 seated within the hook 4-, thus closing and locking the bag. As all surfaces of the fastener are perfectly smooth, the engagement thereof with the bag is easily accomplished, and the same is true of the reverse operationof disengaging the device from the neck of the bag, when it is desired'to open the latter.

I ola1m:

l. A bag fastener, comprising two body members adapted to approach and recede from each other, one of said members having an inturned end and an inturned hook at the extremity of said end, and a tongue adapted to contact the said hook, and the other of said body members having a link hinged thereto at its extremity and adapted to engage the said hook, the said tongue prevent ing disengagement of said link when the fastener is closed.

2-. A bag fastener, comprising two body members adaptedto approach and recede from each other, one of said members having an inturned end and an inturned hook at the extremity of said end, and a tongue having a recurved end adapted'to contact said hook, the latter having a chamfered edge where it contacts the said tongue, and the other body member having a link hinged thereto, and adapted to engage the said hook and said recurved end of said tongue.

3. A bag fastener, comprising two body members adapted to approach and recede from each other, one of said members having marines an inturned end and an inturned hook at the exremity of said end, and a tongue adapted to contact said hook, and the other body member having an outward turned end forming an eye thereon, and a link hinged in said eye, the said link adapted to engage the said hook on said first named member, the said tongue preventing disengagement of said link when the fastener is closed.

i. A bag fastener, comprising, a resilient metallic strip bent back toward itself forming jaws thereby, a tongue secured to one jaw and link to the other; tne said jaws formed with fiat curvatures and with their crowns extending outwardly, one of said jaws, provided with an inturned hooked extremity engaging the tongue and adapt ed to be engaged by the link on the other j aw, the tongue preventing the link from accidental disengagement when the fastener is in service.

5.. A fastener, comprising two body members adapted to approach and recede from each other, one of said members having an inturned end and an inturned hook at the extremity of said end, and the other body member having a link hinged thereto and adapted to engage the said hook, the latter body member being shorter in length than the former body member, for directing the link away from the end of said hook when engaged therewith, and when the said body members are compressed. c

BERT L. HERRICK. 

